Substrakt

For the last couple of weeks we have been using every spare bit of time to put together our new web site. The site is built on the delight that is Wordpress and includes the odd sprinkle of jquery to add a few interactive touches. The new site was sparked from a desire to more effectively display our portfolio of work, including recent projects Maybird Shopping Park, CABE and Willow Brook Centre.

We have also secured a move to new studio space. The new space is still in Digbeth at Fazeley Studios, it is quite a lot larger allowing for comfortable growth as well as giving us room to swing a cat or two. We will be fully moved in and up and running on the 1st December.

We are also pleased to announce that we have been shortlisted for a ‘creative city award’… outstanding business development. We will find out the results at the awards ceremony on the 29th November.

I handed in the final part of my Masters at the end of May, completing the 18-month part time course. I found out a couple of weeks ago that I passed the course with a commendation, sweet! The course, directed by Annette Naudin and written by Sara Harris, was devised to help new businesses, like ours, grow and develop. The structure was ideal for me, and the programme included fantastic lectures from visiting lecturers and subject specific speakers from industry.

I started the MA around the same time Substrakt got going, this was in the hope that I would get a boost up what was to be a steep learning curve. The course definitely did this, and I highly recommend it to anyone starting out in a media based business, and indeed anyone working in the industry looking to develop their knowledge base.

Below is the testimonial I wrote for the course.

“The MA Media Enterprise really stood out to me, it included several extremely relevant modules that tied in with my business and forced me to cover important issues. I was able to use Substrakt as a case study for many of the module assignments, this proved to be an invaluable asset, allowing me to use the course’s flexibility to ensure Substrakt gained the most relevant business development. My final project was based on e marketing and involved the exploration and analysis of techniques that could be used to help effectively promote my own and clients’ businesses online.“

More information on the course at www.mediacourses.com